Students are encouraged to participate in exciting research projects in our lab. We have projects involving various applications of signal processing and imaging. You can register under Undergraduate Research (ESE 497) or Independent Study (ESE 400). In some cases the project could be combined with a summer internship, study abroad, or publication of a paper, etc. Below you can find links to examples of new, current, and completed projects.

We are happy to announce that Joshua York won the first place award for best overall presentation at St. Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (STLAURS) on April 4, 2009 (More)

• Robotic Sensing -- Multi-Team Project
• Microphone Array Processing for Source Localization
• Classification of Smells Using New "Electronic Nose" Sensors
• Renewable Energy Resources (with LS Power)
• Microphone Amplifier for Photo-acoustic Infrared Gas Detector (with Brasch Manufacturing)
• Modeling 3D Distortion of a Fluorescence Microscope and CCD Imaging: Theory to Practice
• Automated Music Generation for Sight Reading
• Design Assistive Technology for People with Cognitive Disabilities
• MIMO Radar Using Acoustic Vector Sensors
• ESE list of new projects

• Fall 2009
  
  • Chase LaFont, Raphael Schwartz, and Zachary Knudsen: Robotic Microphone Sensing: controller design (Chase) and real-time processing (Raphael and Zachary)
  • Evan Nixon and Ian Beil: Source Localization: acoustic vector-sensor array processing
  • Joy Chiang: Electronic Nose: classification of smells using chemical sensors
  • Jessica Stigile and Naitik Bhatt: Renewable Energy Resources
• ESE list of current projects

• Spring 2009
  Joshua York: 3D Acoustic Source Location Using Acoustic Vector Sensors
• Fall 2008
  Joshua York: Acoustic Source Localization Using Microphone Array and Cross-Correlation Methods
  Winner of first place award for best overall presentation at St. Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (STLAURS)
  last April 2009 (More)
• Spring 2008
  
  • Kevin Mckee (Supervisor: Boaz Porat), Automated Music Generation for Sight Reading (Report, Web page)
  • Brian Blosser and Matt Meshalum, Implementing a Microphone Array on a Mobile Robotic Device
  • Keith Swaback (Supervisor: Michael Swartwout), Hardware for the Akoya and Bandit Satellites (Report, Web page)
  • Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz (Supervisor: Michael Swartwout), Software for the Akoya and Bandit Satellites (Report, Web page)
• Spring 2007
  Tripp McGehee: Implementation of an Acoustic Sensor Array on a Mobile Robotic Device for Estimating Location of a Stationary Target
• Summer - Fall 2006
  Sarit Barhen: Analytic and Numerical Modeling of the Transient Dynamics of a Microcantilever Sensor
• ESE list of completed projects

• Undergraduate research useful links (ESE site)
• Senior design course ECE 445 at UIUC (guidelines for writing reports and preparing presentations)
• Guidelines for commenting software codes:
  • http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~kjg/cse131/ (see for style guide on the left frame)
  • http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-commenting-code/